Jon Kappes
567 posts
I don't care if he's a graduate of Eastern Western Central University. There are zero grounds for a TI to set aside ineligibility for an offense this egregious.
Marscelllo@Marscelllo1
@nickdaschel I enjoy how you left out how the judge is a UT Arlington undergraduate and law degree from university of Houston in your article. You talk about taking a stand while the big10 fked your conference with no regrets. But you do you and take a stand against the mighty villains TTU
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@JarodBonine @bretthbayne Jarod I hope you aren’t billing a client for the time you spend on twitter, but if I have to choose between a sitting AG and a high profile trial attorney with multiple wins on his resume, or a guy who spends his afternoons online I think I know where I’m heading
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@jonkappes1985 @bretthbayne Attorneys say all sorts of nonsense in these letters. He'll have to sue the Big 12 and that case will have to be filed in Dallas County (so lib democrats), not Lubbock in front of a visiting Republican judge buddy of Campbell. Good luck with that. He might find it a lot harder
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The irony of Texas Tech threatening a breach of contact action when that same university breached their employment contract with Mike Leach, never paid him, and then hid behind sovereign immunity to avoid paying out his contract.
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
The Texas Attorney General sent a formal letter to the Big 12 today alerting the conference that Texas Tech would take action against any league sanction.
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@olivia_duh @ChadBrendel Willful ignorance on your part doesn’t prove anything. The news article makes claims. If those claims aren’t supported by evidence then UC can sue them for slander. No newspaper ever publishes all of its source materials. Your trying to apply the wrong standard
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel Article doesn’t have evidence. It speaks to conjecturer. Show the evidence and then I’ll listen. I am quoting what was provided in legal documents about UC. Sorry it’s only bullet #47. think that kinda proves this is a non story.
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Prohibet notifies the school and conference any time there is an alert. Cincinnati handled it exactly by the book. Unfortunately Sorsby lied and deceived the compliance department when confronted.
Curious. Why didn't Tech know he was committing federal wire fraud?
Jon Kappes@jonkappes1985
@ChadBrendel So Cincinnati was alerted to his gambling but didn’t report it to the NCAA, but it’s ok? That’s your take?
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@bippy_b @bretthbayne Read Sorsby’s attorney’s latest letter. The situation has changed with this injunction x.com/achristovichh/…
Amanda Christovich@achristovichh
Brendan Sorsby’s attorney, Jeff Kessler, has sent the Big 12 a letter saying the conference could be subject to legal action if they take steps against Texas Tech. Full letter, obtained by @FOS:
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@jonkappes1985 @bretthbayne But “Disciplinary action” is a part of the ByLaws which Tech agreed to join under…
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@ptd008 @neoavatara TTU can either let their peers harm them or recover damages. Accomplishments are going to be slim on all sides unless the emotions can get dialed back and we let this thing play out
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@jonkappes1985 @neoavatara And what would would ttu accomplish long term in their eco system?
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A lawyer is going to have to explain this to me.
If the Big 12, as a multi-state entity, is sued by Texas, and other states get involved, why couldn't this case be taken to Federal Court, under the Commerce clause?
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
The Texas Attorney General sent a formal letter to the Big 12 today alerting the conference that Texas Tech would take action against any league sanction.
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@T__Baloney @ChadBrendel Try to keep two thoughts in your head at the same time. The court docs back your set of events, but the news articles also detail more disclosures. Looks like Cincy knew more than they’ve acknowledged publicly so far, and that info indicates NCAA violations
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel That's exactly what I said happened.
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Or maybe, and stay with me now, it's because he was addicted to gambling and knew he was breaking every rule in the book so he kept it hidden from an entity that A) had no hard evidence he was breaking the rules and B) no subpoena power to investigate any further. But you clowns are so desperate to absolve yourself from wrongdoing you refuse to see the reality right in front of your face.
LAZYBOY@thelazyboymf
@ChadBrendel they knew about it Chad, they just didn’t look into it hard enough. maybe its because they knew they had a better chance of winning with him on the team. you might want to sit this one out
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@dead_baseball @bretthbayne Sorsby’s attorney and the Texas AG are on record disagreeing with your take
x.com/achristovichh/…
Amanda Christovich@achristovichh
Brendan Sorsby’s attorney, Jeff Kessler, has sent the Big 12 a letter saying the conference could be subject to legal action if they take steps against Texas Tech. Full letter, obtained by @FOS:
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@jonkappes1985 @bretthbayne It's definitely not an ironclad argument they're making. It's an argument... and it could have some merit... but it is FAAAAR from ironclad.
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@jonkappes1985 @bretthbayne Well, yes. Because they are different bylaws. The Big 12 bylaws were not at issue in the case brought by Sorsby against the NCAA. So the injunction is irrelevant. It does not even apply to the Big 12. It applies to the NCAA and its agents only.
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@BrianBeckcom Wouldn’t be because he’s the chief law enforcement officer of the state whose public institution is being threatened with antitrust activity, and he has an official obligation to act, right?
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Scratching my head wondering why the Attorney General of Texas is intervening at all in this matter. I have some ideas.......
On3@On3
NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton sent a formal letter to Big 12 officials threatening legal action if the conference moves to sanction Texas Tech over its support of QB Brendan Sorsby. (via @PeteNakos) on3.com/news/big-12-th…
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel Please show these court documents. I'd love to see them.
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@Dt33345 @JarodBonine @bretthbayne That will be step 1 if the conference is dumb enough to try anything. The Big 10 just released a statement today saying they aren’t going to do anything because they don’t want to deal with the ramifications. The rest will follow soon
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@jonkappes1985 @JarodBonine @bretthbayne Yes. Get a new injunction against the Big 12 if it's such a big deal.
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@T__Baloney @ChadBrendel Baloney- Court documents show the fact pattern you’re referencing from August 2024. All the media reports are showing different alerts that happened in Aug 2025. You see how there was a pattern being ignored here?
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel The articles all say the same thing. UC was notified of him trying to access a gambling app. They investigated. He denied everything. Same thing every time. It's like you bozos can't read.
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@JarodBonine @bretthbayne So the current injunction prevents the NCAA from enforcing its bylaws against Tech, but your move is to have the Big 12 step in and do it instead? Also no one can contract away their federal antitrust protections.
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@jonkappes1985 @bretthbayne They can just apply bylaw 3.6, which says "The Conference may sanction a Member by the affirmative vote of a Supermajority of Disinterested Directors" for "conduct materially adverse to the best interests of the Conference". They have wide discretion under 3.6.
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@olivia_duh @ChadBrendel Yup when im trying to produce evidence that im innocent I always wait until bullet point #47 to mention it. This also only refers the initial disclosure 2 years ago but the Post article references confirmation of his gambling activity last summer. Maybe don’t cherry pick?
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel Read the court docs! Said they investigated and handled it LOL no violation of NCAA rules 😂
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@_asstard @bretthbayne Only the best legal opinions can come from a dude named asstard
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@JarodBonine @bretthbayne They’re not talking about enforcing existing bylaws. The ADs are openly discussing changing the bylaws to retaliate against a conference member.
Remember they tried to use these rules to punish Baylor and later had to lift those sanctions.
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@jonkappes1985 @bretthbayne Based on the cases in that letter, no. If anything they clarify that the Big 12 can enforce the bylaws Tech agreed to. If that's the best case law they have, they won't win. Especially Paxton in front of liberal Democrat Judges in Dallas County (where the Big 12 must be sued)
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@olivia_duh @ChadBrendel Read the article. Says they knew he was gambling on sports as early as last summer, and played him anyway. That is an NCAA rules violation!
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel Cool headline, bro 😂 headlines are known to always include details and context and definitely the whole story
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@T__Baloney @ChadBrendel Read the article. Have your school sue them for defamation if it’s untrue, but they won’t. Stop getting your news on this topic from the daily bearcat or whatever you call it.
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@jonkappes1985 @ChadBrendel Oh a photo of an article from a tabloid newspaper. Those are the best and most accurate sources. Was Newsmax too busy to weigh in?
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@JOBuras You mean that colluding to violate federal antitrust trust law is unacceptable? I’ll die on that hill
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I’m in utter disbelief that this is the hill that everyone is willing to die on.
No moral character.
On3@On3
NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton sent a formal letter to Big 12 officials threatening legal action if the conference moves to sanction Texas Tech over its support of QB Brendan Sorsby. (via @PeteNakos) on3.com/news/big-12-th…
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